Yeshe Dorje, 11th Karmapa

Yeshe Dorje ( Tib. ye shes rdo rje; * 1676 in smar khams rdzong, † 1702) was the 11th Karmapa of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Biography

Yeshe Dorje was born in the Mayshö region in eastern Tibet to the forecasts, Choying Dorje accordingly. The 7th Shamar Yeshe Nyingpo ( 1631-1694 ) and the 6th Goshri Gyeltshab Rinpoche Norbu Zangpo ( 1660-1698 ) recognized him as the eleventh Karmapa. He was taken to Yangpachen, the headquarters of Shamarpas, and then enthroned in Tshurphu. Yeshe Nyingpo taught him in the tradition of the Karma Kagyu. He also received instruction from the treasure finders Yonge Mingyur Dorje and Taksham Nüden Dorje (also: Samten Lingpa ). This fulfilled a prophecy of Padmasambhava, after the eleventh Karmapa should also keep certain terma lines.

Yeshe Dorje left the monastery Tshurphu renovate, which had been sacked by the Mongol army. One of his students was Treho Rinpoche, regent of the 5th Dalai Lama, who was trying to encourage an end to sectarian movements in Tibetan Buddhism.

Yeshe Dorje recognized Pelchen Döndrub Chokyi (1695-1732) as the eighth Shamar, who was also the next lineage holder of the Karma Kagyu. In his short life (26 ) Yeshe Dorje mastered the teachings of the Kagyu and Nyingma also. Before he died he left a detailed letter with details of his next birth he Pelchen Chokyi Döndrub handed.